On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:34:17 -0800, "
wrote:

On Nov 7, 12:46 pm, wrote:
Greetings to All!

I have yet another question to lay before the collective oracle. To
wit, "How much weight can a simply supported steel plate support?"

I was minding my own business when the FOB Mayor showed up. He wanted
to know if a sheet of the steel plate out back would support a HMMWV.
How the heck would I know? We had recently put in a drainage system
around the FOB. We have no more culverts. He wants a leetle bridge.
Super.



The ditch is about 2-3 feet wide.

I would essentially make some more culvert out of your 3/8 sheet. Cut
a sheet lengthwise into three pieces 16 inches wide and then weld them
into a triangle shape. Put it in the ditch so a flat part is down and
an apex is up to have the maximum strength. If that is not a big
enough culvert, you will have to use more than one sheet.

Dan


Thanks in Advance

Ken, in Not-so-Sunny Afghanistan

I like that idea!

Gunner

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